New jammy-jamz!

Greetings my musically empassioned friends. Since I didn't give you all much last week I decided I'd post as many times as possible this week. I've got a few bands that I've seen/met that I wanted to share with you. So let's do it.

-->Maxium The Hormone is the English translation of one of the bands I saw last night at the Dropkick Murphys show here in town. They are a Japanese band with more energy and passion than I've ever seen. They are doing their first American tour right now and they are rockin hard. Band members: MAXIMUM THE RYOKUN (Singing and Plucking Little Brother), DAISUKE-HAN (Jumping and Yelling Freak), UE-CHAN (Slapping Bony Guy), NAO (Thumping and Singing Big Sister). From their myspace: "How does the music composed of the essential factors from Loud Rock, Hard Core and Heavy Metal sounds? What does it sound like if growl, horribly fast rap and pop tune come together?The answer is the sound MAXIMUM THE HORMONE bangs out!"
http://www.myspace.com/maximumthehormone
http://www.55mth.com/

-->The Photo Atlas opened for Thrice when I went to see them at The Black Sheep in Colorado Springs. These four guys are local to the Denver area and I'd say they're doing the area proud. Quoted from their myspace: "The Photo Atlas are the young Einsteins of the cacophonous dance party. Their dynamic post-punk tinged dance jams brings any audience their feet. The group’s music blends the angularity and drive of Fugazi, the gut-punch of At The Drive-In and the infectiousness of Bloc Party all into one explosive little package."
http://www.myspace.com/danceatlasdance
http://www.thephotoatlas.com/

-->Elision is a band that I haven't even heard until about ten minutes ago but I met Andrew, one of the members, at the Thrice show in CO. Springs. I'm glad I wrote down the band name because these guys have it goin on. From their myspace: "Their first album, "Reflecting on Refraction", is an album about change. Change in direction, both in music and in life. The aching melodies and dark bass lines mix with essences of rock, progressive, and alternative beats. "Reflecting on Refraction" is not an album of 11 non-identifiable songs. Each has its own personality and flavor, just like the guys." Give them a listen, you'll see I'm right.
http://www.myspace.com/elisionband

I know I didn't give you ton's of music but it's somethin. Right? right. I gotta do some homework. Hopefully I'll get one more post in this week sometime. Happy hump-day.

Long Time

Hey! Sorry it's been so long since my last post. Life = pure crazy. But lets get right to it. Some music news first.
Thrice released Come All You Weary EP today, which is only avaliable on iTunes. The Disc will be featuring the full album version of Come All You Weary, an acoustic version of “The Whaler” that Dustin did live on the radio, the Digital Sea video, and a special Digital Sea remix by Ben Weinman of Dillinger Escape Plan.
Solo-67, a group I've written about before, released the project they've been working on. The album is called Everybody has to know. The CD can be purchased on iTunes.
Greedyfeedr is another band I have mentioned before. They sent me an email letting me know they now have online sales of their CDs so if you liked them, be sure to support them!


-->Amplexus is a group of six guys coming from Ohio who know how to rock (in my humble opinion). They've found a perfect blend between metal and melody. I hope you like them as much as I do. Give 'em a listen.
http://www.myspace.com/amplexusrock
http://www.purevolume.com/amplexus

-->Free Yon is a hardcore punk band from Jersey. Rather than trying to explain them I'll just steal some words off their myspace. It seems a better description than I could ever give. "Now, they’re doing exactly what their motto claims: “Fuck it. Play whatever sounds good.” So far, this intellectual method has worked in favor of Free Yon’s music. With upbeat rhythm, unique vocals and complex instrumentation, anyone would be reasonably dumb to call their music repetitive. " Not your kind of music? Bummer for you :-P
http://www.myspace.com/freeyon
http://www.freeyon.com/

-->The Deadlight Effect is a quartet from Las Vegas, Nevada who crank out some serious metal/hardcore with a feel somewhere between Isis, Tool, Caliban, and Bullet For My Valentine. They released Omniscience in December of last year. I would say it's something you should definitely pick up. Lend your ears.
http://www.myspace.com/thedeadlighteffect
http://www.thedeadlighteffect.com/